City of Milwaukee - File #: 191330

• File #: 191330
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/17/2019
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 3/3/2020
• Title: Resolution directing the Chief Information Officer in the Department of Administration to establish a management training protocol in relation to new software platforms for affected City departments.
• Sponsors: ALD. COGGS
• Indexes: AUTOMATION, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT DIVISION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/13/2020	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
3/3/2020	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
2/26/2020	0	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearing: David Henke, Information and Technology Management Division	Pass	3:0
2/21/2020	0	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/17/2019	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
191330
Version
ORIGINAL

Reference

Sponsor
ALD. COGGS

Title
Resolution directing the Chief Information Officer in the Department of Administration to establish a management training protocol in relation to new software platforms for affected City departments.

Analysis
This resolution directs the Chief Information Officer in the Department of Administration to establish a management training protocol in relation to new software platforms for affected City departments in order to ensure upper-level employees are on-boarded with new software programs.

Body
Whereas, The 2020 Budget was adopted by Common Council File Number 190001 on November 26, 2019; and

Whereas, Amendment 6 placed a footnote in the Budget stating, “The Chief Information Officer position in the Department of Administration shall establish a management training protocol in relation to new software platforms for affected City departments in order to ensure upper-level employees are on-boarded with new software programs”; and

Whereas, Software platforms are a significant cost to the City of Milwaukee, and are not always as efficient or cost-saving as the technology has the potential to be; and

Whereas, In recent years, cities of similar size to Milwaukee have expanded their use of in-house technology in order to offer more efficient services and increase transparency to the public; and

Whereas, The City of Milwaukee does not have a management training protocol to ensure that upper-level employees learn important skills and knowledge for operating the latest software tools; and

Whereas, Many computer software applications regularly undergo updates that require users to remain up-to-date; and

Whereas, Many upper-level employees have not received prior education or training in modern software applications, in large part because many platforms are new or receive frequent updates; and

Whereas, Learning and applying innovative technology to their work may allow some departments...